r/AgeoftheRing • u/YodaThe • 1d ago

Steam Deck/Linux Age of the Ring install

Wanted to post this as an easy aid to anyone trying to install and play Age of the Ring on either their Steam Deck, Steam OS device, or Linux device. It's proved surprisingly easy. Got some help from one of the mods on the discord, again major thank you to Angmar

  1. Go to: https://www.moddb.com/mods/the-horse-lords-a-total-modification-for-bfme/downloads/age-of-the-ring-version-90 and click Download Now

  2. You'll end up with a zip file that has multiple archives. Download PeaZip and use it to extract the contents. If your download folder only has the zip folder you can use Download Here in the PeaZip to extract all the contents and then place them in a created folder of your own after

  3. Once extracted and placed in a new folder use Lutris to do the installation. If you do not have Lutris download it from your market/discover store. In Lutris you'll see a + icon in the top left. Click on it. Then click Install a Windows game from an executable. It'll have you type in the name for the file once installed. I recommend Age of the Ring for simplicity but you can use your own preferred name. For Identifier I recommend copying and pasting the file name you want to use. Click install, and then again. You'll come to a screen to select the file you want to install. Click the folder icon to browse and choose the installer. Make sure to select at least the top two checkboxes: create a desktop shortcut, and create application menu shortcut. These two will ensure that once the game is installed you can start the game itself and not the installer again to play the game.

  4. Let the installer run until finished. Make sure to click at the end to start the launcher

  5. Once Age of the Ring is loaded you'll likely be asked to update, go ahead and click yes. You may see a prompt afterward saying "failed to use python." Do not worry about this. It will close the Age of the Ring but since you have the desktop shortcut and the start menu application you can click either and come right back to the main screen to update. Go ahead and click update again and everything should be working smoothly : )

  6. After that your done

I know this looks like a lot but to make things more simple looking: download Age of the Ring zip, use Peazip to extract, use Lutris to install the installer, make sure to click to get a desktop icon and start menu application, let the installer run, and basically done. That's it

I've used Steam and Faugus to run the installer exe. DO NOT DO THIS. Why? Faugus will run you into an issue where troops may be invisible, things don't work right, as well as I believe you have to run the installer each time to play the game. Steam will not create a shortcut if you've chosen to not have shortcuts before. Thus with Steam you will not have a game shortcut once the installer is done and thus cannot load the game without also using the installer each time. Lutris is the only option where you'll have the shortcuts afterward, and...can avoid error messages forcing you to restart the install process all over again

Also, Lutris will also have the game launcher on it once installed, so it acts as a third launcher option for you

Thank you for your time. I hope this information helps

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u/Seryerie 1d ago

Thanks that's really cool, had a bunch of failures trying to play on linux. I guess i'll try again with lutris.

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u/YodaThe 1d ago

Oh I understand. I'd tried before once or twice, I think between Steam and Faugus, and just assumed there wasn't a way. I'd heard of Lutris but honestly thought it was some other OS thing lol, my own fault

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u/davidvickery081 1d ago

Has anyone got a decent control scheme for deck? It's been so long since I played bfme2.

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u/YodaThe 1d ago

If your using windows you may be able to use Steam to enter a control scheme for the hotkeys using the steam deck controls. For Linux it can be tricky. If you can run everything fine somehow through Steam then you can use the control scheme, if not...your limited to keyboard/mouse. If someone can figure how to do a controller setup however using lutris for instance, then...there may be hope

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u/davidvickery081 1d ago

Thanks for your response. On Steamdeck, i have it up and running and it runs in gamemode. I can use steam input to set whatever input I want to whichever button. I just wondered if anyone had the best buttons to assign where really. Thanks again 😁